Welcome to the home page ofICELANDICS NORTH(formerly Northern Maine Icelandics)home of high quality purebredICELANDIC SHEEP,one of the most hardy and usefulbreeds of sheep in the world today.This highly intelligent, interactivebreed is known for it's colorful wool,tender fine flavored meat, easylambing, fast growth, andexcellent dairy capabilities.Since 1998, Icelandics Northhas specialized in offering among the very bestof the icelandic breed, and is one of a select handful of breeders that offer the very best available in North America.Trained in Iceland in the Icelandic method of evaluating for the finest examples of this breed, we at times have used semen from Iceland's finest rams in a state of the art Vaginal AI procedure developed by research scientist and veterinarianThorstein Olafsson, PHD.As far as we know, Icelandics North is only one of two Icelandic sheep breeders in North America that use ultrasound technology to precisely measure the thickness of the back muscling of this breed. Icelandics North is also one ofonly two breeders in North America that remain who were taught how to measure & evaluate the Icelandic sheep and actually put that knowledge to use, allowing an accuracy based assessment of the true quality of the sheep at Icelandics North, and can compare them directly to the finest in Iceland, unlike other farms that can only speak out of emotion or opinion, and likely have a higher opinion of the quality of their sheep than they should!!The use of semen from the finest rams in Iceland, coupled with the application of precise selectionmethods employing ultrasound technology and the knowledgeable use of other aspects of breeding and animal husbandry has given our shepherd the distinction of having produced anIcelandic ram with thegreatest statistical measurements knownanywhere in the world in the last fifteen years, as well as possibly the worlds meatiest Icelandic EWE! Herleg muscling is incredible--putting even the Texel rams advertised in the sheep industry magazines to shame!(To see her fantastic muscling, CLICK HERE)In 2017 it appears that Icelandics Northachieved yet another milestone, and that is thedevelopment of an amazing ram whoseBACK MUSCLING is about 45% thicker than the finest rams taken to the semen collection facilities of Iceland for the purpose of improving the national flock.Unless there is a ram in the history books that no-one has ever mentioned, this ram is hands down the finest that the world has EVER seen of the Icelandic breed!!!(CLICK HERE TO SEE HIS INCREDIBLE BACKMUSCLING.)Here at ICELANDICS NORTHwe specifically breed for world-class meatconformation, with heavy muscling and as little fat as possible, but without ignoring wool quality, mothering, or milking abilities, and obviouslyWE ARE GOOD AT WHAT WE DO!!!

Feel free to contact us at our e-mailaddress garyjh@twc.com or call us at (207)768-7113, or (207) 425-7113

ICELANDICS NORTHNOTE!!I have rebuilt this website with new pictures in the"How do Your Animals Compare" pages, as well as the "Breeding Ewes" and "Breeding Rams" sections, with descriptions of who was bred to whom this winter; and of course we will be publishing pictures, descriptions and prices of the lambs as they arrive mid April into June. Visit often and see pictures of the new lambs!Also note that I gave up my scrapie enrollment in 2012 after I had a heart attack because I decided to slowly reduce the flock little by little through attrition until there were none left, but much to my surprise I recovered enough to be enthusiastic again about the sheep and continued selecting and breeding animals with the goal of being among a handful of the best breeders in North America..The consequence of giving up my scrapie status is that to flocks that are enrolled in the"voluntary scrapie program," in order to not affect your scrapie status, I can only sell RAMS. To flocks NOT in the voluntary scrapie program, I can sell both rams and ewes.

If you are a history buff, you may be aware of the fact that our nation's first president, George Washington who was also a sheep breeder, advised those who wanted to improve the quality of their flock QUICKLY and effect the most profound change for excellence, that they should buy a superb RAM! Good advice that I have followed myself!The last issue is that I have started to close down the flock, and only the best of the best remain. If you want lambs or adults of exceptional quality, you'd best speak up NOW!!